Eplontersen sodium

Eplontersen sodium is a triantennary N-acetyl galactosamine (GalNAc3-7a)-conjugated antisense oligonucleotide targeting transthyretin (TTR) mRNA to inhibit production of both variant and wild-type TTR protein. Misfolded TTR induces amyloid fibrils formation in the heart and peripheral nerves, leads to amyloid TTR (ATTR) amyloidosis diseases[1][2][3].

Research Areas >> Neurological Disease

[1]. Aimo A, et al. RNA-targeting and gene editing therapies for transthyretin amyloidosis. Nat Rev Cardiol. 2022 Mar 23.  

[2]. Diep JK, et al. Population pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic modelling of eplontersen, an antisense oligonucleotide in development for transthyretin amyloidosis. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2022 Jul 22.   

[3]. Prakash Thazha P, et al. Antisense oligonucleotides to hepatitis B virus RNA or transthyretin mRNA conjugated with N-acetylgalactosamine targeting moieties: World Intellectual Property Organization, WO2014179627[P]. 2014-11-06.